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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

June 13, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 1:21 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2021, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-421 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

727 
WWUS84 KEPZ 131921
SPSEPZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
121 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021
 
NMZ415-416-132000-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
121 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 119 PM MDT, doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over 
Silver Lake, moving east at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with 
this storm. Several reports of pea to half inch size hail have been 
received. Heavy downpours will also be likely. 

Locations impacted include...
Silver Lake, Elk Silver, Sixteen Springs and Dry Canyon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3292 10565 3316 10568 3321 10543 3293 10541
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 256DEG 8KT 3304 10561 

$$

Pegram

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:04 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana41 min
Jun 12, 6:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jun 13, 1:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero37 min
Jun 13, 2:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jun 13, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra26 min
Jun 13, 5:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jun 13, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra29 min
Jun 13, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra33 min
Jun 13, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra36 min
Jun 12, 6:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth52 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.